Ah Gan has always been a nightmare haunting many players' minds, and I admit that several times my mentality collapsed because of Ah Gan.
He targeted me a lot, but later I knew it was because he valued me, and in fact, it was a form of recognition.
However, the younger me was very frustrated by this, and I believe that many of my subsequent choices were related to that missed free throw.
Years later, I kept thinking, if I had made that free throw, would everything have changed?
I shouldn't have been so hasty at the time.]
————Published in 2021, an excerpt from Scottie Pippen's autobiography "Unguarded".
After returning to the locker room, Pippen saw Jordan sitting at his spot, covered in heat like a volcano about to erupt.
Pippen wanted to say something, but eventually he didn't, he wanted to apologize, but he felt it shouldn't have been his fault alone for losing the game.
